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barack obama is the candidate in 2008. said of the constitution it has worked pretty well for 200 years. among others things the complaisant assurance by the first african-american president requires overlooking a brutal civil war that lasted four years and killed 750,000 people. a war that i am sure many of you experience as having occurred between semesters, when the first semester of american history that you might have taken concluded in 1860 and picked up again perhaps in 1868 or 1877. this is the way american constitutional law is tops. it appears by magic in constitutional courses with literally almost no time spent on how we got either the thirteenth or the fourteenth amendment which is much closer to chairman mao's notion that howard including constitutional power grows out of the barrel of a gun than it could be understood simply in the model of the 1787 constitution that would suggest any amendments would come through a nice, calm and peaceful article 5 process where we deliberate on what would make us better an
barack obama is the candidate in 2008. said of the constitution it has worked pretty well for 200 years. among others things the complaisant assurance by the first african-american president requires overlooking a brutal civil war that lasted four years and killed 750,000 people. a war that i am sure many of you experience as having occurred between semesters, when the first semester of american history that you might have taken concluded in 1860 and picked up again perhaps in 1868 or 1877....
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barack obama? >> guest: oh, it was truly historic. it was a transformative election. we had had 43 previous presidents in this country. they had all been white, and they had all been male. and so here comes a young senator, okay, who has a bold and innovative strategy as to how to win the white house. many people felt that it wasn't his time. many people felt it wasn't time for an african-american. he was running against in the democratic primary, he was running against hillary clinton who had the name clinton being, you know, the biggest, largest brand in the democratic party. she had a considerable war chest advantage as well as name recognition, and the fact that he was actually able to defeat her and then go up against war hero and a maverick in the general election, and america as such, was truly incredible, truly historic. sometime between 2006, 2005-2006, sometime in the there, enough people began telling him in various forums that we think that the time is now right for you. one of his advi
barack obama? >> guest: oh, it was truly historic. it was a transformative election. we had had 43 previous presidents in this country. they had all been white, and they had all been male. and so here comes a young senator, okay, who has a bold and innovative strategy as to how to win the white house. many people felt that it wasn't his time. many people felt it wasn't time for an african-american. he was running against in the democratic primary, he was running against hillary clinton...
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it starts, actually, in the interview a clip from obama saying when mr. boehner becomes speaker, he's going to have to govern. he can't stand on the sidelines and throw bombs. and so boehner: we have to govern, that's what we were elected to do. >> but governing means compromising. >> it means working together. >> it also means compromising. >> it means finding common ground. >> okay. doesn't that mean compromising? >> i am clear, i'm not going to compromise on my principles, nor am i going to compromise the will of the american people. [laughter] >> so you're saying i want common ground, but i'm not going to compromise? i don't understand that, i really don't. >> when you say the word "compromise," a lot of americans look up and go, uh-oh, they're going to sell me out. so finding common ground, i think, makes more sense. >> so, look, you tried to make all the bush tax cuts permanent, so you did compromise. >> we found common ground. >> why won't you say -- you're afraid of the word? >> can i reject the word. [laughter] >> that conversation on "60 minutes
it starts, actually, in the interview a clip from obama saying when mr. boehner becomes speaker, he's going to have to govern. he can't stand on the sidelines and throw bombs. and so boehner: we have to govern, that's what we were elected to do. >> but governing means compromising. >> it means working together. >> it also means compromising. >> it means finding common ground. >> okay. doesn't that mean compromising? >> i am clear, i'm not going to compromise...
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a sense of urgency it has been completely changing all of our response and then with what president obama brought by the debate on the shared responsibility looking at the sustainability of ownership or just the movement we need to share and i hope this message we would be able to operate because american people individually need to hear the rest in saving the lives of millions of people and we are making the effort to share with other countries now and that should be the message. >> along the same lines i would say tax payers' money has saved millions of lives and has also i think in proved that the american image in the world to a large extent. a decrease in that effort now is not going to cost millions of lives because people will die but also i think would be stupid from a perspective of smart foreign policy. now let's see how our friends -- the biggest problem of the conference i think may be how do the american aids activists handle that? that is i think the biggest challenge. >> that is a good note to take questions from the audience. i would ask that you raise your hand and wait u
a sense of urgency it has been completely changing all of our response and then with what president obama brought by the debate on the shared responsibility looking at the sustainability of ownership or just the movement we need to share and i hope this message we would be able to operate because american people individually need to hear the rest in saving the lives of millions of people and we are making the effort to share with other countries now and that should be the message. >>...
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this is obama speaking. what stopped us are meeting challenges is not the absence of sound policies and sensible plan. but stop this is the failure of leadership, the smallness of our politics, the ease with which were distracted by the petty and trivial. our chronic avoidance of tough decisions. our preference for scoring cheap political points instead of rolling up our sleeves and building a working consensus to tackle big problems. that was the essence of obama's case against hillary. and it was wrong. .. >> it was not qleen or pretty. it was not suitable for young ears. [laughter] the whole stimulus debate is really a case study in obamaism. to the -- excuse me -- to the disillusioned attics of the left, and i apologize to those in the room, but it proved that obama was just about like every other politician, more interestedded in cutting deals and chasing dreams. to the feverish right, it revealed obama as a eurosocialist radical, and republicans never explained how the 715 million tax cut in spending s
this is obama speaking. what stopped us are meeting challenges is not the absence of sound policies and sensible plan. but stop this is the failure of leadership, the smallness of our politics, the ease with which were distracted by the petty and trivial. our chronic avoidance of tough decisions. our preference for scoring cheap political points instead of rolling up our sleeves and building a working consensus to tackle big problems. that was the essence of obama's case against hillary. and it...
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iowa went for obama by 146,000 votes in colorado went for obama by 150,000 votes. i could total facelle up and they total up to 2 million votes. for mitt romney to win the presidency he has to change about 1 million mines. he has to take 2 million of those voters and change 1 million of their mines. it's actually fairly easy to do. it's a very small number. do you realize in the campaigns we spend approximately $2 billion on each side, more than $2000 per fod will be spent on influencing those 1 million votes. into those campaigns and in three other states matter little bit. michigan, nevada and new mexico. if mishkin comes home for its home state son romney, the election is over. nevada and new mexico are very difficult to imagine going for romney at this point. they might do a landslide and i think they will but that is not where we bet the farm. here is how you get to the romney 270. he is going to win florida and i know you follow the polls some of you do -- is -- it shows neck-and-neck romney had a couple of points and a bad sophisticated polling romney signif
iowa went for obama by 146,000 votes in colorado went for obama by 150,000 votes. i could total facelle up and they total up to 2 million votes. for mitt romney to win the presidency he has to change about 1 million mines. he has to take 2 million of those voters and change 1 million of their mines. it's actually fairly easy to do. it's a very small number. do you realize in the campaigns we spend approximately $2 billion on each side, more than $2000 per fod will be spent on influencing those...